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Coroner identifies man killed in I-83 crash

Daily Record/Sunday News

Updated:
02/04/2013 10:43:06 AM EST

Update 6 a.m.The York County Coroner's Office has identified the person killed as James Robert Clipp Miller, 23, of Lewisberry. Deputy Coroner Jeffri Goodfellow said Miller was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle and was then run over by another vehicle. His cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma, she said.

State police are investigating. Update at 1:35 a.m.

The highway fully reopened around midnight, according to state police.

A 23-year-old man was ejected from a truck bearing a plow when it struck the center wall, state police said.

The man was lying in the left lane when a vehicle struck him, state police said.

No further information is available at this time.

Reported earlier

A crash on Interstate 83 shut down the highway in both directions late Sunday night in northern York County.

The single-vehicle crash happened around 9:07 p.m. near mile marker 32, which is close to the Newberrytown exit, said Rob Hicks, public information officer for the state police.

The York County coroner was called to the scene, according to York County 911.

Northbound and southbound lanes were closed soon after the wreck between exits 28 and 32, the Strinestown and Newberrytown exits.

Traffic started flowing on the northbound side shortly after 10:30 p.m., but the southbound side remained closed as of midnight.

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Melissa Fritz of Carlisle was on her way home from visiting her boyfriend in Wrightsville when she was directed off I-83 north at the Shrinestown exit.

"I've never been off at this exit before," Fritz said. "I'm not sure how I'm going to get home."

Fritz's nine-week old Chihuahua puppy, Tito, was shivering in her arms in the 28 degree weather.

Police did not have any further information about the crash late Sunday night.